Geezers Media Coverage
Coverage to Date
- Independent Film & Video Monthly - interviewed about Geezers music
- Middlesex News
- NewEnglandFilm.com
- Shrewsbury Chronicle
- Community Advocate
- Wocester Magazine
- Worcester Phoenix
-- Read the article online in their archives, or mirrored below.
Media Interviews
Geezers writer/director Peter Bohush and cast members are available for media
interviews. Contact Peter for more information.
STATE OF THE ART
Grumpy old men
 Gloucester, Boston, and the Berkshires are
well-known backdrops for Hollywood blockbusters. But Northborough, Shrewsbury, and
Worcester? That's where independent filmmaker/producer Peter Bohush is shooting Geezers, a
comedy set in the fictional town of Ranway, Massachusetts, circa 1939. The 30-minute film
features two older men on a pre-Kerouac-style road trip from Boston to Ranway in search of
a long-lost teenage sweetheart.
The film was originally titled Two Old Farts, but Bohush says he
thought better of the title after he had a hard time recruiting talent. "We thought
it was the best title in the world, but were told otherwise," he says.
When newspapers and Web sites refused to post help-wanted messages
for the film, it was changed, first to Two Old Geezers then to Geezers.
"Almost all of the casting and crew positions were [then]
filled through the Internet." Geezers stars Stageloft Repertory Theater regular
Sam d'Entremont and Natick's Howard Nickerson, who returned to acting two years ago after
a five-decade absence. They're joined by d'Entremont's wife, Cecilia, Jennifer Jones, and
David Morwick (who appeared on the NBC soap opera Sunset Beach).
Two weekends ago, Bohush filmed in front of Shrewsbury Town Hall,
where he enlisted the Shrewsbury Car Club to help make the scene look vintage 1930s. But
filming was temporarily delayed when a father and son happened upon the set, thinking they
were dropping in on an antiques show. And just a few moments later, a woman drove up to
pay her tax bill in a new white Volkswagon bug, bringing a few giggles from the
antique-car owners.
The key is planning and pre-production. "I let everyone know
what we've got to do and the time constraints involved. It's not a multi-million-dollar
production," says Bohush, who financed the movie himself. He supplements his film
career by writing and producing corporate videos.
What's the expected payoff? Bohush hopes to get in on the ground
floor of a growing segment of the film industry. "Part of the point is to get people
to see this and to check out the new digital video technology -- economics are going to
drive it in the industry. It's expensive to make prints and ship it around the world.
After three weeks, a film is already scratchy. Digitally, you need only one copy; and the
quality is just as good the 300th time as the first."
Bohush plans to finish production by late July. "Then, we're
going to showcase it to some film and video festivals -- especially digital ones -- and
possibly to independent cable TV networks. And there's a fair number of new Web sites
designed to screen these videos. Historically, it's been hard to get people to see short
films. With the Internet, the audience is up to a million for some of these films."
Bohush, whose résumé includes stints as a jingle writer,
merry-go-round operator, ditch digger, ballpoint-pen salesman, and writer for a
short-lived (syndicated television) comedy, is confident he's headed on the right career
path.
"It's a calling card, a showcase for people to see our work.
You just have to have the determination to get it done and not wait for anything -- the
right financing -- or the weather."
You can follow the progress of Geezers and Peter Bohush at www.writerdirector.com
-- BG
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